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Braga

Braga, Portugal – 2025. Braga is in northern Portugal about 50km northwest of Porto. I spent a week there while working on a Fuller Center for Housing project. It was founded by Romans as Bracara Augusta an it’s one of Portugal's oldest cities. The old city features medieval, baroque, and renaissance style building, churches, palaces and mansions and has a number of beautiful squares. The build team did a guided tour of the old city area and visited it several times because it is an interesting place to walk around and there are a lot of nice restaurants.
The Braga Cathedral (Sé de Braga) in Braga, Portugal
The Capela de Nossa Senhora das Candeias, a historic chapel located in Tadim, Braga, Portugal
The Arco da Porta Nova (Arch of the New Gate) in Braga, Portugal
The Braga Town Hall, also known as the Braga Municipal Palace, Braga, Portugal
The Fonte do Pelicano (Pelican Fountain), a historic fountain in Praça do Município (Municipality Square), Braga, Portugal
Ruined arches in the Garden of Santa Bárbara, which is part of the Archiepiscopal Palace (Episcopal Palace) in Braga, Portugal
The Episcopal Palace (Paço Arquiepiscopal) in Braga, Portugal, viewed from the adjacent Garden of Santa Bárbara
Garden of Santa Bárbara, Braga, Portugal
Chafariz do Castelos (Fountain of the Castles) located in Braga, Portugal
A statue of a soldier above the main door of the Braga Cathedral (Sé de Braga) in Braga, Portugal
A bronze relief panel, part of the Monumento aos Arcebispos de Braga (Monument to the Archbishops of Braga). The panels depict scenes related to the history of…
The official coat of arms of the city of Braga, Portugal
Super Bock, the most popular beer in Portugal
This is a sculpture of the Nossa Senhora do Leite (Our Lady of the Milk), or a breastfeeding Madonna, on the exterior wall of the main chapel of the Braga…
Basilica dos Congregados (Congregates Basilica), an 18th-century Baroque church in Braga, Portugal
The Praça da República (Republic Square) in Braga, Portugal, featuring the Braga Cathedral and the Torre de Menagem
A monument to Pope John Paul II located in the gardens of the Republic Square in Braga, Portugal. It commemorates the Pope's visit to the city in 1982.
An old door in the old city, Braga, Portugal
The flowered walkway on the Avenida da Liberdade, Braga, Portugal
The flowered walkway on the Avenida da Liberdade, Braga, Portugal